Today's Opinions: I founded a girls’ school in Afghanistan. Don’t let our stories disappear as they have before.

Texas shows us what post-democracy America would look like; The government can but also can't but can tell you what to do with your body here in Texas ; Four ways to think about Abbott's and DeSantis's 2022 prospects ; The Kabul evacuation illuminated a dangerous strain of thought in the military about civilian control; It was time to end the long wars. Now, Biden must make a new era work.; Biden is rejecting nation-building. But not our right to use force anywhere.; Do the unvaccinated deserve scarce ICU beds?; The Screen Actors Guild presidential election is the ugliest contest of 2021; Liberal groups to Democrats: Your chance to save democracy is disappearing; Dislike gerrymandering? Then the proposed map from Illinois Democrats should be appalling.; The impatient Biden administration needs a dose of epistemic humility; 20 years of war; Cartoon by Mike Smith; In Afghanistan, Biden now has new promises to keep; Three promising new efforts can help us prevent the next pandemic; The Prince George's County school board is making a great case for abolishing the school board; This is what life is like when the Kremlin lists you as a 'foreign agent' ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Your morning dose of Post commentary and guest opinions.       By Michael Larabee Op-ed editor  Email "Don't look away from Afghan girls." In her piercing op-ed for The Post, Shabana Basij-Rasikh puts that simple plea before all of us. The co-founder and president of a Kabul boarding school for girls, Basij-Rasikh explains that the Taliban would like nothing more than for girls and women in Afghanistan to simply disappear. "You see them, and other Afghan women, now," she writes. "You see us as the news cycle spins and the American-led evacuation from Kabul exhausts itself in a Möbius strip of success and moral disaster. And your continued attention is what I ask of you in the months to come — because you have the power to hold the Taliban to account." After 20 years, the United States may be gone from Afghanistan, but the eyes of the world still can make a difference for the women and girls who remain — and, Basij-Rasikh argues, that is the key to the country's future: "The secret to a peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan is no secret at all: It is educated girls." (Rahmat Gul/AP) I founded a girls' school in Afghanistan. Don't let our stories disappear as they have before. The world should help to keep our students' dreams alive. By Shabana Basij-Rasikh ●  Read more »   Texas shows us what post-democracy America would look like Thanks to a series of actions by the Texas legislature and governor, we now see exactly where the Trumpified Republican Party wants to take us. By Dana Milbank ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The government can but also can't but can tell you what to do with your body here in Texas A mess with Texas. By Alexandra Petri ●  Read more »   Four ways to think about Abbott's and DeSantis's 2022 prospects Odds are that the two Trumpian governors will win reelection but, with the right approach, it's not assured. By Perry Bacon ●  Read more »   The Kabul evacuation illuminated a dangerous strain of thought in the military about civilian control Civilians run the military, not the other way around. By James Hohmann ●  Read more »   It was time to end the long wars. Now, Biden must make a new era work. In justifying his decision on Afghanistan, the president gave an unabashedly antiwar speech. By E.J. Dionne ●  Read more »   Biden is rejecting nation-building. But not our right to use force anywhere. He won't launch new ground wars, but America will continue to project its power outward. By Paul Waldman ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Do the unvaccinated deserve scarce ICU beds? Moral triage at the ER. By Nancy Gibbs ●  Read more »   The Screen Actors Guild presidential election is the ugliest contest of 2021 You can't have a civil election even when everyone running is a Hollywood liberal. By Joel Stein ●  Read more »   Liberal groups to Democrats: Your chance to save democracy is disappearing The choice is stark: Protect the filibuster, or protect democracy. By Greg Sargent ●  Read more »   Dislike gerrymandering? Then the proposed map from Illinois Democrats should be appalling. Such redistricting tactics are a cancer eating away at our democracy. By Henry Olsen ●  Read more »   The impatient Biden administration needs a dose of epistemic humility Americans may be eager to stop thinking about the nation's enemies, but those enemies are implacable. By George F. Will ●  Read more »     Editorial Cartoons 20 years of war Over the last two decades, approximately 66,000 Afghan military and police, 47,245 Afghan civilians and 2,352 U.S. military members have been killed, and more than $2 trillion has been spent. By Ann Telnaes ●  Read more »   Cartoon by Mike Smith An editorial guest cartoon from Mike Smith of the Las Vegas Sun Read more »   Get breaking news alerts, offline reading lists and more. Download the app     The Post's View (Wana News Agency/Via Reuters) In Afghanistan, Biden now has new promises to keep No matter how fervently the president wishes America to be done with Afghanistan, Afghanistan is not done with America. By the Editorial Board ●  Read more »   Three promising new efforts can help us prevent the next pandemic In the future, any effective response must transcend borders and work at the speed of data. By the Editorial Board ●  Read more »   The Prince George's County school board is making a great case for abolishing the school board The county executive is right when she says has made clear her authority over the schools is limited, but she nonetheless needs to step up with more forceful leadership. By the Editorial Board ●  Read more »     Global Opinions This is what life is like when the Kremlin lists you as a 'foreign agent' The Kremlin's intensifying crackdown on journalism is fraught with grim absurdities. By Roman Badanin ●  Read more »     Try our new daily mini meta crossword It's a week-long adventure that connects a daily 5x5 mini puzzle with a special reveal on Saturdays. Play game   We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Follow Sergio Peçanha for email alerts every time Sergio publishes a new opinion column. Sign up »

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